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			<h1 >About Treadstone Web Services</h1>
			
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			Treadstone Web Services was founded by Lee Assam.  The majority of our customer base includes already existing small businesses, organizations, and startups. We work to provide Web Services that help effectively convey your message on the Web or sell your products and services in a visually appealing way, in a manner that is intuitive and user friendly and that is strategically designed to be easy to locate.</p>
            
            <p>We want to help you achieve your business goals whether they may be an online presence, custom Web applications for your data and services or a portal for your customers and employees. We provide a wide variety of services from website design and custom web application development, to content writing and search engine optimization.           
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            <p>We utilize the latest technology and tools to produce products that are easily maintainable, standards-based, accessible, and scalable.            
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            	<a href="contactUs.php" title="Contact Us">Contact Treadstone Web Services</a> today for any questions about our services and allow us to help "Make the Web Work for You!"
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            <h2>Message from Lee Assam, Chief Software Architect</h2>
            
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            Welcome to Treadstone Web Services. Our goal is help make the "Web Work for You". We cut through the technology and focus on your business goals. We help deliver products and Web Services that are of a high quality and a competitive price.          
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Your needs are important to us and we look forward to helping you make your small business or organization even more successful or give it the competitive edge that it needs.            
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            The technology that exists today and the tools to implement software solutions for your business can sometimes be overwhelming. Leave it to us to find the technological solutions to your problems and solve your business needs.
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            We care about our customers and look forward to serving you. We want you to be proud of the work we do and services we provide. <a href="contactUs.php" title="Contact Us">Contact us</a> today and put us to work for you!
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			<h2>Bio of Lee Assam</h2>
			
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            <p>Lee serves as the Founder and Chief Software Architect of Treadstone Web Services and brings to the table 10+ years of Web Development experience. 
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            He has worked in many technologies from C, C++, Microsoft Dot Net and Java to Cold Fusion, PHP and JSP in the Web arena. He is committed to a standards-based approach to software development.
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            He is also keen on Web 2.0 applications and the technologies which make them possible including AJAX and jQuery.
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            He is passionate about the Semantic Web and has written a Master's thesis on the subject and received a publication.
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            Lee also holds many professional Web-related industry certifications. He is a <span class="italic">Sun Certified Java Programmer</span>, <span class="italic">Sun Certified Web Component Developer</span>, <span class="italic">Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services</span>, and a <span class="italic">Certified Internet Webmaster</span>.
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            <p>In his spare time (when he has any), he enjoys travelling, reading, watching movies, working out at the gym and playing racquetball.</p>
                                
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